Freddy Reiber

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Hi! I am Freddy Reiber, a PhD canidate in the Computing & Data Science program at Boston University where I am fortunate to be advised by the fantastic Allison McDonald.

My primary research examines the role of technology in collective action, with a human-centered focus on empowering workers and workplace organizers. I also study the relationship between technology and political economy. More broadly, I am interested in second-order questions concerning the dialectical relationship between social structures and technological systems. My mostly updated CV is available here 

Previously I have worked in areas like:

Like any PhD student, I like to do a lot, with a good chunk of those activities linked below!

My academic facing work is available here:

As an academic in training, I publish per-reviewed papers (often in conferences) and a listing my papers is available here.

I also give research talks, some of which are recorded and are available here.

More recently, my friend Eugene Kim and I started multi-disciplinary and multi-institutional reading group on topics relating to political economy and computer science. The webpage for the group is available here, which provides a list of readings and topics for those who are interested in the space.

I co-run the Boston University Computing and Data Science PhD Student Seminar. A seminar series focused on giving CDS PhD students the opportunity to practice giving research talks and develop their presentation skills. It is also co-ran by friend and fellow PhD student Lingyi Xu, and the landing page is available here!

I have also run a number of service and educational programs within both my current university and undergraduate university. Access to those projects is available here.

My former/mostly defunct blog about looking at modern board games through a theoretical computer science lens is available here: "The Board Game Scholar".

My non-academic facing work is available here:

My primary source of non academic writing is Working Mass, a local labor publication focused on providing coverage to organized labor issues and encouraging democratic and progressive unions. My coverage is usually focused on public sector or tech industry unions. I will also occasionally write for other publications and a listing of my full non-academic writings are available [under construction].

I also write my own personal blog posts on technology, critical theory, Marxisms, media analysis, and education. The blog is titled "A Little Blog of Big Thoughts" and is primarily stored on my own local website linked [under construction]. I will also occasionally use other websites to host this work and those may be linked below. 

I am also a proud member and organizer of both BDSA - Boston Democratic Socialists of America and BUGUW: Boston University Graduate Workers Union, and am happy to talk about my work with either.

For things that I think are cool, but don't really fit any of the above, I also maintain a page that is available here!

Finally, Here is a collection of my social media and contact information. These communities are often connected with my hobbies or academic interests, and I do my best to to keep them updated. However, I am more active on some of these platforms over others.